Sheaf-carrier



(No Model.)

A. JEWELL.

SHEA? GARRIBR: No. 302,142. d Patented July' 15 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

AUGUSTUS JEVVELL, OF DOWAGIAO, MICHIGAN.

SHEAF-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,142 dated July 15, 1884.

Application filed November 3, 18 83. (No man.)

My invention will be first fully described,

and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of my improved device connected with a selfbinding harvester, said 'view showing the carrier B tipped down as when dumping a load. Fig. 2 is a perspective view from in front and a little to the right of the machine when the carrier B is in position forloading'. Fig. 3 is a front elevation when the carrier B is tipped down as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of parts hereinafter described, said view showing the corner. 0 of the table B as when supall being parts common in grain-binders.

B is the sheaf table or carrier, hinged at z t i to an arm, a, which arm projects outward and toward the rear under saidtable B. (See Fig. 3.) Said arm is supported from the framing of the harvester by the brace 12, or otherwise,

and is also well braced from said framing. The

table B is ribbed on its under side in any suitable manner to give it strength, and is made narrower at its end next to the binder, as shown in Fig. 3, if on low binders it is desired to give it a greater inclination when tipped down. On

high binders, where the table would tip too far, suitable means can be'employed to prevent the corner 0 from tipping/clear to the ground;

oft behind. ground the guard 25, Fig. 2, maybe attached.

The guard c prevents the sheaves from jolting too far forward. It is adjustable, and is placed far enough forward at its inner end next to the binder to prevent the butts of the sheaves from being obstructed thereby as they are pushed out onto the table B. The other or outer end of said guard is placed well forward when long grain is received, and when short grain is received it is placed far enough back by means of holes 6 to keep the weight of the sheaves sufficiently to the rear of the pivotal line ofthe-oarrier. The front side of the table B is a little lower than its rear side, as shown in Fig. 2, to preventthe sheaves from jolting For this purpose on very hilly With this guard the table B may be hung on a level, or nearly so, instead of lower at its front side. for loading, its corner c is supported on the springcatch a. Said catch is supported on the arm h, which is secured to the framing of theharvester. The cord 1" connects said springcatch with the rear end of a treadle, L, said cord passing over a guide-pulley, s, Fig. 1.

Y The guard?) is located just below the dropleaf P and sufficiently under the binding-table P to be out of the way of the sheaves. This guard prevents the corner 0 of the carrier from being thrown too high.

On some machines I take off the drop-leaves When the table B is in position P P" and place the carrier a little higher, so

that the arms a u will better push the sheaves out on the carrier, and I raise the lower end of the breast-board 9 several inches, to prevent the butts of thesheaves from being caught thereon when unloading. In the operation, the sheaves are forced out onto the table B by the arms a u,with their tops toward the rear. To unload the sheaves, the driver presses down the front end of the treadle L, which draws back the spring-catcha from under the corner 0 of the carrier, and the weight of the sheaves is far enough to the rear to cause said corner a at once to tip down and the sheaves slide off to the ground. 22 is a counter-weight,which is placedfar enough forward on the rod to which it is attachedito throw the corner 0 of the carrier up after the load has been discharged, till said corner strikes the guard I2,

the edge of the table forcing back the springcatch a until it passes it, when said catch springs back under and again supports the corner.

'1, Fig. 5,is a narrow plate attached to the arm 1) each side of the spiral spring, and the ends of a pin or key, 1 secured to the spring-catch, serve to compress the spring, and by playing back and forth against the lower sides of said plates also serve to keep the catch from turning on its axis and its lower point from being thrown to one side or the otherby the edge ofthe table 13; but the minor features of the springcatch can be changed in various ways. It will also be seen that the inner end of the carrier B, next to the binder, is pivoted so far forward that its inner front corner is not thrown up when the corner 0 istipped down, and will not, therefore, obstruct the sheaves then thrown out from the binder. It is necessary to pivot said inner end of the carrier well forward 011 many machines, in order that the sheaf lying on said inner end of the carrier may slide therefrom when said corner 0 tips down without being obstructed by one of the outwardly-projecting arms u a or breast-board The pivotal line of the'carrier B is farther toward the rear at the other orouter end of the carrier than at said inner end, thereby lessening the weight or force required to bring the carrier back for reloading, and thereby making it an easy matter to support said outer end, so that the outer rear part of the carrier will not sag down and let for reloading should project well forward.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the binding-table of a self-binding harvester, of a sheaf-carrying table arranged. to project from under the lower edge of said binding-table and suitably hinged or pivoted in a line extending outward and backward, and adapted to tip down at its rear inner corner to discharge the sheaves, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the binding-table of a self-binding harvester, of a sheaf-carry ing table arranged to project from under the lower edge of said binding-table and suitably pivoted or hinged in a line extending outward and backward, and adapted to tip down at its inner rear corner to discharge the sheaves, and provided with a counterweight to bring said table back for reloading, substantially as set forth.

A sheaf-carrying table projecting from under the lower edge of the bindingtable of a self-binding harvester, and pivoted or hinged on a suitable support in a line extending outward and backward, and adapted to tip down at its inner rear corner to discharge the sheaves, and provided with the adjustable front guard, c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A sheaf-carrying table projecting from under the lower edge of the binding-table of a self-binding harvester, and pivoted or hinged on a suitable support in a line extending outward and backward, and adapted to tip down at its rear inner corner, 0, to discharge the sheaves, in combination with the means for holding and releasing said corner 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

AUGUSTUS J E\VELL.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN T. DOAN, CARL GERDING. 

